- 1一大堆(口語、帶點俏皮)
Oodles means a large amount — lots and lots. It is playful and informal, and it almost always comes with of: oodles of money, oodles of time, oodles of . You cannot really say an oodle; the word lives in the plural, like a pile with no edges. It feels American and a bit cute, the kind of word a or a might still enjoy. People do not use it in serious reports, and it does not mean a real number you can count. Nobody is quite sure where it came from; it may sit near older slang for a whole lot, or it may just have grown as a fun sound for “a huge pile.” Treat it as a friendly way to say a lot.
組成Uncertain. Perhaps from older slang scadoodles, or from boodle / caboodle plus a plural -s. There is no clean proof.
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
oodlesnoun詞源 1/ˈuːd(ə)lz/
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informalunspecified large amount, number, or quantity; lots, tons.
- "Along the lake where I went camping once there were oodles of a bright purple thing." / "I don't know what that was," my mother said. "I've never lived near the water. The purplest thing around here is joe-pye weed. We can look him up and see if he has any relatives. Come to think of it, the book had a color index."
- Minimalist yet soothing décor, private pools and steam rooms […] and simply oodles of class make this one of the island's top choices. Honeymoon, anyone?
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:
- oodle
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary,已精簡格式;依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用,改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。